Australian stocks have opened firmer, as investors defied a negative lead from Wall Street and took advantage of recent declines to get back into the local market.
The Western Australian economy is at the crossroads of a switch away from its very heavy reliance on resources-sector construction in favour of other parts of the economy – the interest rate-sensit
Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh says the company will focus on divesting non-core assets as it strives to save $US5 billion ($A4.87 billion) through to 2014.
Air New Zealand will offer a twice-weekly direct service between Perth and Christchurch, a new route which will be operated in conjunction with Virgin Australia.
Western Australia's peak farmers' representative groups are at odds over the possible privatisation of grains handler CBH Group, with one faction claiming it is the solution to the industry's curre
Former West Australian MP Adele Carles has told a Perth court she cannot afford a lawyer to represent her in a defamation case brought by her ex-lover, controversial Treasurer Troy Buswel
Tap Oil managing director Troy Hayden has signed a new contract that offers lower cash income but more incentives linked to the company's share price performance.
Woodside Petroleum has posted a sharp jump in quarterly production and sales revenue, driven by its new Pluto project, but has raised doubts about the proposed expansion of the flagship liquefied n
BHP Billiton's new boss Andrew Mackenzie has shaken up the global miner's leadership group, with petroleum boss Michael Yeager leaving the company but Perth-based iron ore president Jimmy Wilson an
US stocks have closed sharply lower in the wake of disappointing earnings reports and a 5.5 per cent plunge in Apple shares, along with dreary economic sentiment in Europe.
